Customized versus Population Growth Standards for Morbidity and Mortality Risk Stratification Using Ultrasonographic Fetal Growth Assessment at 22 to 29 Weeks' Gestation.
Nathan R BlueWilliam A GrobmanJacob C LarkinChristina M ScifresHyagriv N SimhanJudith H ChungGeorge R SaadeDavid M HaasRonald WapnerUma M ReddyBrian MercerSamuel I ParryRobert M SilverPublished in: American journal of perinatology (2020)
At 22 to 29 weeks' gestation, EFW percentile alone poorly predicts perinatal morbidity whether using customized or population fetal growth standards. The population standard diagnoses FGR at increased rates in subgroups not at increased risk of morbidity and at lower rates in subgroups at increased risk of morbidity, whereas the customized standard does not.